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I think this is much easier now with remote work. Selling a house is hard. Owning has downsides. But the upsides almost always outweigh the downsides. If you
by prepend 4y ago
I think this is much easier now with remote work.
Selling a house is hard. Owning has downsides.
But the upsides almost always outweigh the downsides.
If you plan on moving every year or something, then buying will be bad due to the transaction costs. But even if you move every 5 years, it’s possible that owning will be better in the long run.
- scarface74 4y agoThe people who are priced out of affordable homes aren’t predominantly those that can work remotely.
- prepend 4y agoI disagree as there are many $12-40/hour jobs in customer service that are remote and can get $100-200k houses in the middle of nowhere. I live in an area with lots of rural space within 2 hours drive. Remote work has been helpful for people who are “computer savvy” and deal with being in a remote call center.
- scarface74 4y agoYes and that still doesn’t help teachers, firemen, public service workers, factory workers, health care workers, and all of the other people who can’t work remotely. And there was just another post here within the last couple of days about how many of the remote customer service work jobs require unpaid training, inconsistent hours and are a race to the bottom.
- prepend 4y agoYou’re right. I was just pointing out how this risk is lower now than 10 years ago. It’s not completely eliminated. There are remote jobs of varying quality. But they are much more prevalent now, than 10 years ago.